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On Friday, Houston’s popular Spec’s liquor announced some of its stores’ point-of-sale systems had been hit by malware that snagged critical customer data and dispatched it to evildoers on the Internet. More than 550,000 customers were affected by the breach, which lasted a staggering year and a half at 34 stores before the Spec’s IT department shut it down.

In my Sunday Business section story about computer retailers blending high-tech and high-touch to make customers feel comfortable with cutting-edge wares, I talked with a manager at Best Buy’s Katy Freeway store. Marcus Buie runs the mobile department, and he told me something very interesting. This didn’t make it into the story, but Buie said […]
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When Square first introduced its iPhone app and credit card swiping dongle back in 2010, it was likened to having a cash register in your pocket. Using the system allows you to accept credit card payments, for everything from splitting the check in a restaurant to charging for goods in a store. Square has since […]
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